1955 Cal Aggies football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record5–3–1 (3–1–1 FWC)
Head coach
CaptainDuane Damron
Home stadiumAggie Field
Seasons
← 1954
1956 →
1955 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chico State 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Cal Aggies 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
San Francisco State 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Humboldt State 2 – 2 – 1 7 – 3 – 1
Nevada 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Sacramento State 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • No conference champion was named for the 1955 season.

The 1955 Cal Aggies football team represented the College of Agriculture at Davis—now known as the University of California, Davis—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1955 college football season. Led by Ted Forbes, who returned for his six and final season as head coach after having helmed the team from 1949 to 1953, the Aggies compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 3–1–1 in conference play, placing second in the FWC. The team outscored its opponents 128 to 79 for the season. The Cal Aggies played home games at Aggie Field in Davis, California.

In six seasons under Forbes, the Cal Aggies compiled an overall record of 21–29–2, for a winning percentage of .423. His teams won the FWC title in 1949 and 1951 and appeared in a postseason bowl game, the Pear Bowl, in both of those seasons.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 17at Pacific (OR)*
W 7–0
September 23California JV[note 1]*
L 6–7
October 1at Humboldt State
T 7–7
October 7at San Francisco State
W 27–7
October 15Sacramento State
W 29–0[1]
October 21at Nevada
W 26–7
October 29vs. Santa Barbara[note 3]*
W 7–0[3]
November 4Occidental*
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 6–30
November 11Chico State
  • Aggie Field
  • Davis, CA
L 13–21
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

  1. ^ The University of California JV team was commonly known as the "Cal Ramblers".
  2. ^ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Mackay Stadium, which was opened for the 1966 season.[2]
  3. ^ The game against Santa Barbara was part of an "All-UC Doubleheader" that was held annually from 1948 to 1963. The other game of the double-header was California vs. UCLA. The games were always held at the home stadium of either Cal or UCLA.

References

  1. ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 16, 1955. p. 45. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  2. ^ "Mackay Stadium". University of Nevada, Reno. Retrieved January 4, 2017.
  3. ^ "Football Scores". The San Bernardino County Sun. San Bernardino, California. October 30, 1955. p. 25. Retrieved October 31, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  4. ^ "UC Davis Football 2015: Team Information Guide" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 8, 2016. Retrieved April 22, 2017.
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